Manchester Review Issue 18: 21 Today: African Speculative Fiction

In 2015 I wrote a short story called “Mother’s Love“, which was longlisted for the Short Story Day Africa Prize. Tomorrow, Friday 21st July 2017, Mother’s Love will appear as a reprint in issue 18 of the Manchester Review, a special issue titled21 Today: African Speculative Fiction. This special issue is edited by none other than Geoff Ryman, and it brings some much deserved attention to the rise of African Speculative Fiction over the recent years. Feast your eyes on the table of contents below, which shows a list of truly wonderful African writers of speculative fiction.

I also urge you to check out the African Speculative Fiction Society (ASFS) for a better understanding of just how much African Speculative Fiction we have been producing out here. You can also follow the ASFS on Twitter. There is also a fantastic episode of one of my favourite podcasts, The Coode Street Podcast, which features Geoff Ryman talking about 100 African Writers of SF/F.

Table of Contents

The Manchester Review Issue 18

Special Issue:

21 TODAY: AFRICAN SPECULATIVE FICTION

21 Today: Introduction by Geoff Ryman

Part One Introduction: Lift Off

Branded (2003) by Lauren Beukes (South Africa)

Warped (2004) by Ayodele Arigbabu (Nigeria)

Eden’s Burning (2008) by Doreen Baingana (Uganda)

Doppelganger (2008) by Peter Kalu (Nigeria/UK)

Part Two introduction: Publishing Venues, Workshops and Awards

Please Feed Motion (2011) by Irenosen Okojie (Nigeria/UK)

How Nnedi got Her Curved Spine (2012) by Nnedi Okorafor (Nigeria/USA)

Writing in the Stars (2015) by Jonathan Dotse (Ghana)

Mother’s Love (2015) by Dayo Ntwari (Nigeria/Rwanda)

Part Three introduction: Superheroes: Gods and Politics

The Last Pantheon (2015) by Nick Wood and Tade Thompson (Nigeria, South Africa, UK) part one